diff --git a/packages/js-sdk/src/template/index.ts b/packages/js-sdk/src/template/index.ts
index d3c05f2d3f..219300dcb9 100644
--- a/packages/js-sdk/src/template/index.ts
+++ b/packages/js-sdk/src/template/index.ts
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ export class TemplateBase
 
   private async toJSON(): Promise<string> {
     return JSON.stringify(
-      this.serialize(await this.calculateFilesHashes()),
+      this.serialize(this.calculateFilesHashes()),
       undefined,
       2
     )
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ export class TemplateBase
       )
     )
 
-    const instructionsWithHashes = await this.calculateFilesHashes()
+    const instructionsWithHashes = this.calculateFilesHashes()
 
     // Prepare file uploads
     const fileUploads = instructionsWithHashes
@@ -523,12 +523,12 @@ export class TemplateBase
   }
 
   // We might no longer need this as we move the logic server-side
-  private async calculateFilesHashes(): Promise<Instruction[]> {
+  private calculateFilesHashes(): Instruction[] {
     const steps: Instruction[] = []
 
     for (const instruction of this.instructions) {
       if (instruction.type === 'COPY') {
-        instruction.filesHash = await calculateFilesHash(
+        instruction.filesHash = calculateFilesHash(
           instruction.args[0],
           instruction.args[1],
           this.fileContextPath,
diff --git a/packages/js-sdk/src/template/utils.ts b/packages/js-sdk/src/template/utils.ts
index 7f35a89b9f..67b9a1de43 100644
--- a/packages/js-sdk/src/template/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/js-sdk/src/template/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import crypto from 'node:crypto'
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
-import { dynamicGlob, dynamicTar } from '../utils'
+import { requireGlob, requireTar } from '../utils'
 
 export function readDockerignore(contextPath: string): string[] {
   const dockerignorePath = path.join(contextPath, '.dockerignore')
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ export function readDockerignore(contextPath: string): string[] {
     .filter((line) => line && !line.startsWith('#'))
 }
 
-export async function calculateFilesHash(
+export function calculateFilesHash(
   src: string,
   dest: string,
   contextPath: string,
   ignorePatterns?: string[]
-): Promise<string> {
-  const { globSync } = await dynamicGlob()
+): string {
+  const { globSync } = requireGlob()
   const srcPath = path.join(contextPath, src)
   const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256')
   const content = `COPY ${src} ${dest}`
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ export function padOctal(mode: number): string {
 }
 
 export async function tarFileStream(fileName: string, fileContextPath: string) {
-  const { globSync } = await dynamicGlob()
-  const { create } = await dynamicTar()
+  const { globSync } = requireGlob()
+  const { create } = requireTar()
   const files = globSync(fileName, { cwd: fileContextPath, nodir: false })
 
   return create(
diff --git a/packages/js-sdk/src/utils.ts b/packages/js-sdk/src/utils.ts
index 85ce5f3f5d..ea4198bf94 100644
--- a/packages/js-sdk/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/js-sdk/src/utils.ts
@@ -67,22 +67,20 @@ export function timeoutToSeconds(timeout: number): number {
   return Math.ceil(timeout / 1000)
 }
 
-export async function dynamicGlob(): Promise<typeof import('glob')> {
+export function requireGlob(): typeof import('glob') {
   if (runtime === 'browser') {
     throw new Error('Browser runtime is not supported for glob')
   }
 
-  // @ts-ignore
-  return await import('glob')
+  return require('glob')
 }
 
-export async function dynamicTar(): Promise<typeof import('tar')> {
+export function requireTar(): typeof import('tar') {
   if (runtime === 'browser') {
     throw new Error('Browser runtime is not supported for tar')
   }
 
-  // @ts-ignore
-  return await import('tar')
+  return require('tar')
 }
 
 // Source: https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex/blob/main/index.js